Creating Your eBook with iBooks Author - 070913

Chris CasalTechnology Coordinator/TeacherP. S. 10 Brooklyn (15K010)ccasal@ps10.orgTwitter: @mr_casal

Create Your eBook With iBooks AuthorSimple K12.com webinar - 7/9/13

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iBooks Author

Free

Mac only

download from Mac App Store

If you know Keynote, you’ll know iBooks Author

if you know PowerPoint, you’ll be fine too

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What you need

Latest OS (10.7.4 or later)

includes Mac App Store

iPad for preview

no need for iPad to create

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15 Built-in Templates

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Similar look to Keynote/PowerPoint

Formatting tools

Use your own pictues & text as easily as drag-and-drop

and clikcing-and-typing

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Easily add interactive elements

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Easy to save & publish. Save in a Dropbox folder and get the file’s URL to easly share

without iTunes

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Easy to create a free iTunes Store account if you wish to

publish via iTunes

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Helpful sites...Apple’s Product page

http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

Publishing & Distribution

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5071

PS 10 iPads

http://ps10ipads.wikispaces.com/Test+page

use the iBooks Author Test link provided to download the book-in-progress to your iPad

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Summary

iBooks Author is a free desktop app

Create your own eBooks

make them available for free via iTunes

make them available for free from your own site

If you want to charge for your book, you need to sign up for Apple’s iTunes distribution/publishing agreement

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ClosingA great way to create content

go paperless with iBooks Author versions of Staff, Student & Parent handbooks

turn all lesson & unit plans into a single, updatable book

Nothing beats free, evolving, supported & accepted when thinking about creating & sharing your own content.

Take charge of what you use in your school & class - create the materials yourself

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Contact

Christopher M. Casal Technology Teacher/Coordinator

P. S. 10 (15K010)Email: ccasal@ps10.org

Twitter: @mr_casalDiigo: mrcasal

ps10ipads.wikispaces.comwww.mrcasal.com

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